Garment-rack.



M. VAUGHAN.

GARMENT RACK.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.14, 1911.

Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAPI} c0.. WASHINGTON, [L c.

UNITED ()FFICE.

- MARSHAL VAUGHAN, OF WELLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA.

GARMENT-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 14, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARSHAL VAUGHAN, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Welland, in the county of Velland, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment racks, and it has more particular reference to that type of device which is adapted to convenient-1y and properly support several gar- .ments suspended. thereon by ordinary clothes hangers.

The main object of my invention is to provide a new and improved rack which is simple in construction, durable in use, cheap to manufacture, and more particularly applicable for wardrobe or clothes closet use.

With this and other objects in view, my invention consists of the novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out by the appended claim.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which like reference characters indicate the same parts in both views.

Figure 1, is a sectional elevation of the complete device; and, Fig. 2, is a front view of the same or looking to the left hand of Fig. 1.

1, is a base or Wall bracket of suitable material and it is furnished with a series of holes 2, 2, whereby it can be fixed in position by means of screws or nails in the Well known way. Projecting laterally from said bracket 1, are two webs, 3, 3, which are furnished at their upper edges with semi-circular flanges 4, 4, for the purpose hereafter explained. These flanges 4, 4, aline with holes 5, 5, in which are fitted the free ends of a bent tube 6, the lower part whereof projects horizontally from the bracket 1, and the upper part whereof serves as a brace or tie. In order to effectively lock the bent tube 6, to the bracket 1, I provide upwardly directed projections or pins 7, 7, in the curved flanges 4, 4, which are adapted to cooperate with correspond- Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

Serial No. 665,754.

ingly shaped holes, 8, 8, formed for their reception in the tube 6.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that, when the wall bracket 1, is secured in place the bent tube 6, may be easily sprung into place as shown, where it remains firmly and rigidly retained and the lower limb whereof can be used for supporting several garments as above set forth. When it is desired to clean out the wardrobe or clothes closet a smart upward blow on the underside of the rack where indicated by the arrow, 9, will release the parts 7, 8, when said rack can be easily moved out of the way. By using the device transversely in a wardrobe or clothes closet, the garments suspended therefrom occupy the space from the front of said wardrobe or clothes closet to the back thereof, thus allowing a greater number of garments to be stored without the interfering of one garment with another.

Obviously the materials used may be considerably varied and instead of employing a bent tube a length of solid section could be just as easily adopted, but I prefer to use light tubing for strength and neatness.

Although I prefer the construction herein shown and described, I wish it clearly understood that it is not to be considered as restrictive, as changes and modifications in the shape, proportions and use of the invention may be made in practice without in any way departing from the essential features as hereafter claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A garment rack comprising a vertical wall bracket provided with two vertically alined, outwardly projecting and parallel webs having parallel concave upper faces in alinement with holes formed in said bracket, said webs being considerably greater in length than the thickness of the material from which the wall bracket is made, an integral supporting rail extending outwardly at right angles to said bracket and bent upon itself to form two substantially horizontal legs, the cross section of which at their free ends conforms to the shape of the holes in the wall bracket, said ends fitting snugly in said holes, the

which said legs are sprung, said legs having Signed at Hamilton, Ontario, this 9th day of December, 1911.

MARSHAL VAUGHAN.

In the presence of ALFRED T. BRATTON, ROLAND J ONES.

openings formed therein for the reception of said studs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

